Battle Ave

CMJ 2015 initial artist lineup

The 2015 CMJ Music Marathon happens from October 13-17, and today the initial list of artists was revealed. A bunch of these are NYC shows we’ve posted about (browse our “CMJ” tag), but highlights include Car Seat Headrest, Cheatahs, Destruction Unit, Dent May, Dilly Dally, Doomsquad, Drinks, Eternal Summers, Evans the Death, Ex Hex, Expert Alterations, Ezra Furman, Frankie Cosmos, Hooton Tennis Club, Kamasi Washington, Kero Kero Bonito, Mercury Rev, Nai Harvest, Neon Indian, Panda Bear, Perfect Pussy, Protomartyr, S, Shannon and the Clams, Slim Twig, Stealing Sheep, The Album Leaf, The Dirty Nil, The Men, The Wonder Years, Titus Andronicus and Wil…

Battle Ave -- song streams & upcoming shows (2 in NYC)

Upstate NY’s Battle Ave put out their debut record back in 2011, and they’re just now getting around to giving it a followup. It’s called Year of Nod, will be out May 5 via Seagreen (pre-order), and features contributions from Frankie Cosmos, Nick Corbo of Crying and LVL UP,…

Pet Symmetry share 2 songs from debut LP; The Progress streaming discography; Dowsing and Free Throw touring

Pet Symmetry is the trio of Evan Weiss (Into It Over It, The Progress, Stay Ahead of the Weather and a million other projects), Erik Czaja (Dowsing, Kittyhawk) and Marcus Nuccio (ex-Dowsi…

Soda Bomb releasing an LP, playing shows w/ TWIABP, Title Fight, Heeney, Vulture Shit & more (dates, new video)

Long Island fuzz punks Soda Bomb have a new LP on the way titled Wanna Jam? due out April 7 via Derrick from TWIABP’s label Broken World Media…

What's going on Thursday? (Todd Terje, Joyce Manor, Dr. Dog, Pop. 1280, Black Sheep, Dead Leaf Echo & more)

You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight’s shows, but here are some highlights… Todd Terje, Free Magic @ Verboten Having made one of last year’s best albums, Norwegian analog synth aficionado Todd Terje doesn’t tour much, and this show tonight is his only North American date apart from Coachella…

Truck America expands lineup, Craig Finn working on solo LP

The Hold Steady at Fun Fun Fun Fest 2010 (more) Last month, we announced that Truck America is returning to the Catskills in September (the 9th through the 11th) and will be headlined and Okkervil River…